The Development of Tropical Lands: Policy Issues in Latin America

by Michael Nelson

First Published in 2011. Latin America today is similar to Canada in the early 1900s-a sleeping giant, basically underpopulated, whose potential rests on the exploitation of enormous land, forest, mineral, and water reserves. This study, carried out over the period 1967-69, has involved travel throughout much of Latin America north of the Tropic of Capricorn and discussions with people in many different fields, including highway construction, forestry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617260479
• ISBN13: 9781617260476
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Rff Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"